BRITAIN is set for more snow today leaving schools and roads closed and causing widespread disruption to traffic and flights. Here are the latest updates on the UK weather forecast LIVE.

A Met Office yellow warning for ice was in place for England and Wales that expired at 10am.

The weather agency warned on Monday that temperatures are likely to fall well below freezing across many areas.

The chief forecast said: “This will lead to any partly melted snow refreezing. Snow in the south and southwest of England will be slower to clear and may take until morning before dying out completely, whilst some wintry showers may continue to affect eastern coasts, falling onto subzero surfaces.”

Forecasters said further snow was likely across parts of the south-west of England, with a few light snow showers for other southern counties for a time.

Here are the latest updates and live UK weather news. All times in GMT.

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Monday, March 19

10am update: More snow expected to fall across the UK today

Met Office meteorologist John West said: "It's been a very, very cold night overnight with widespread frost. A lot of the lying snow seen across the country over the weekend has created some icy stretches this morning.

"In the South West, we've seen a constant flow of snow coming in from the English Channel with snow depths going up and up.

"In Exeter, we have at least 10cm (4in) of snow lying at the moment.

"Many routes towards Dartmoor and Exmoor have the potential to see a lot of disruption because of ice this morning."

Forecasters painted a better picture for the rest of the day, with drier and brighter weather on the horizon for much of the country, but warned it will still feel particularly cold due to the wind chill.

Mr West said: "Through the course of the day today, much of the country will experience a fine and dry day. We're sort of closing the door to the the cold easterly flow and temperatures will be less cold than we've seen over the weekend.

"We could see highs of 5C (41F) or 6C (43F) but add some wind chill on there and it won't feel very pleasant at all.

"However there will be some decent, fine weather, plenty of sunshine around today, particularly in northern parts, and a bit of an improvement from what we've seen over the weekend."